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Episodes – Hear Me Out
by Winston Noel and Alden Ford
This is Hear Me Out, the podcast where Winston Noel and Alden Ford, along with a special guest each episode, explore the songs we love, no matter what literally everyone else says.We are not music officials. We are not music critics or music snobs. We are unqualified on every level to provide any cogent analysis of why a song is good or bad. All we know is, there are songs we just can’t stop loving, even though the world passed its harsh judgment on them long ago. So every episode we sit down with one choice for each of us, along with our guest, and discuss the sublime highs and humiliating lows of these gentle pariahs of pop music. Join us, won’t you? And we know what you might be thinking about some of our choices. But just hear us out. We might win you over.Or not. Some of these songs are genuinely terrible.New episodes every Wednesday!
Episodes
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Hear Me Out, Episode Z02: Rose Garden of Trust (ft. Moujan Zolfaghari)
We’re back with a brand new, extra thirsty episode of Hear Me Out. This episode, we chat about dad bands, theater kids and shoestring water budgets with the amazing Moujan Zolfaghari, from Mission to Zyxx, The Not Too Late Show With Elmo and At Home With Amy Sedaris. Enjoy! Then maybe consider...
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Hear Me Out, Episode Z01 – Big Dylan Energy (ft. Shane O’Connell)
We’re back (!)(?)(!)(??) with a very special series of bonus episodes of everyone’s favorite 21st-ranked podcast bearing the name Hear Me Out. Well, Outies, a few things have changed since our last episode. But one thing has remained the same – we got three crap songs for you, and we love ’em. We...
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Hear Me Out, S3E07 – Summer FEVER (ft. Drew Shoals)
We’ve got our first music professional on the show today! Our friend Drew Shoals, who is the new drummer for TRAIN. YES. YOU. READ. THAT. RIGHT. He provides some actual depth to the show! Winston’s pick: Jon Secada- Just Another Day Alden’s pick: Sister Hazel- Change You Mind Drew’s pick: Avril...
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Hear Me Out, Episode S3E06 – SUMMER TOUR SPECIALSODE
LIVE EP! We hit the Summerland tour and see who everyone in the music industry refers to as the Big Four: Spacehog, Eve 6, Soul Asylum, and Everclear. It was actually great and fun! Except for Everclear. Note from Tim: Listen to The Chinese Album.
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Hear Me Out, S3E05 – MY FAVORITE SONG (ft. Nicole Drespel)
Nicole Drespel (UCB, Broad City, 30 Rock) sits down with us to talk vanilla. Delicious, creamy, boring vanilla. But don’t be fooled, there are some firsts on the show today: Winston actually feels worse about his song by the end, and someone brought in THEIR FAVORITE SONG. Enjoy! Winston’s pick:...
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Hear Me Out S3E04 – The Literal Rise of Billy Joel (ft. Anthony King)
In the spirit of Billy Joel lyrics, we will be literal in this blurb. Alden and I sit down at a table with Anthony King (Broad City, Playing House) and the three of us talk about bad songs that we like. And it was recorded. Enjoy! Alden’s pick: The Smashing Pumpkins-Bullet with Butterfly Wings...
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Hear Me Out Episode S3E03 – In Which Winston Gets Very, VERY Angry at a Hippie (feat. Langan Kingsley)
Get ready for some well-deserved righteous fury! This week, we sit down with the delightful Langan Kingsley (UCB’s Beige, What I Did For Love, and Langan Dice Kingsley: The Dicewoman Cometh) to chat about 3 artists you might want to punch in the face regardless of your political affiliation. We...
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Hear Me Out, S3E02 – Elizabethan Goths (ft. Molly Lloyd)
We’ve got Molly Lloyd (UCB’s Airwolf and Stone Cold Fox) with us and we get historical, adolescent, and then downright weird. Gather round, young rams! Alden’s Pick: Black Betty- RamJam Winston’s Pick: Somewhere Out There- Our Lady Peace Molly’s Pick: Stay-Shakespeare’s Sister
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Hear Me Out, S3E01 – Shame On You Presents “I Take Everything So Seriously” (ft. Aaron Burdette)
It’s season three! Or season two and a half! We’re kind of like Mad Men that way. We’ve got the great Aaron Burdette (UCB’s Stone Cold Fox) to talk to us about trumpets, reincarnation, and the most repetitive song ever. DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK CAUSE WE NEVER LEFT. Winston’s Pick: Galieo – The...
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Hear Me Out, S2E11 – Celine Dion, You Turn Me On (ft. Kevin Debacker & Eric Brown)
We’ve got Kevin DeBacker and Eric Brown (Besties) on the show and we’ve actually got some decent songs on the show this week! But don’t worry, we’ve also got terrible ones. And there are great segues (2014 resolution!) connecting them all. Winston’s Pick: Over My Head (Cable Car) – The Fray…
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Hear Me Out, S2E10 – Murder, Mimi and a Mormon Mensch (ft. Amber Petty)
Curtain Up! Light the Lights! We’ve got nothing to hit but the heights! And by heights, we mean lows. Today’s episode is all musical theater songs! And who better to join us than a bona fide musical theater star, Amber Petty (50 Shades! The Musical). Winston’s Pick: Morning Glow – Pippin Alden’s...
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Hear Me Out, S2E09 – The Most Innocent Groupie (ft. Morgan Jarrett)
Today we talk with Morgan Jarrett (UCB, Broad City) about fat voices, backpacks full of chapstick, pacifism and Crystal meth. Just another day at Hear Me Out. Alden’s Pick: What A Fool Believes – The Doobie Brothers Winston’s Pick: Little Black Backpack – Stroke 9 Morgan’s Pick: Nine in the...
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Hear Me Out, S2E08 – Oh, The Things John Murray Has Seen (ft. John Murray)
Hey all! The show starts 2014 (it’s Feb, we know, we know) with John Murray (UCB, 30 Rock) Tales of the Weird! Transparent Dangling Carrots, Mind Erasing via Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and The Strange Dimension Between the Moon and New York City. Thank U 4 listening. Alden’s Pick: The Impression…
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Hear Me Out, S2E07 – Christmas Music Specialsode Pt. 2 (ft. Cathryn Mudon & Michael Delaney)
Hey you! Turn down that Everclear Christmas album and listen to the second part of our Christmas Specialsode! We’ve got Cathryn Mudon (UCB) and Michael Delaney (UCB, The Other Guys) back again to chat about the Christmas songs we are embarrassed we love. If you consider a podcast about bad music…
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Hear Me Out, S2E06 – Christmas Music Specialsode Pt. 1 (ft. Caitlin Bitzegaio and Brett White)
Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, “Hear me out!” We’ve got Caitlin Bitzegaio (UCBT) returning and first time guest Brett White (Matt and Brett Love Comics) talking about some good/bad Christmas songs. So grab a cup of cheer, start gift wrapping that Old Navy performance...
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Hear Me Out, S2E05 – Log Flume (ft. Will Hines)
We’ve got Will Hines (UCBT) in what may be his last podcast appearance before moving to L.A. This is the closest we’ll ever get to a scoop, folks. We talk about the tamest songs around, compare great artists to terrible bands, you know, the usual. Enjoy! Alden’s Pick: Linda Ronstadt and Aaron...
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Hear Me Out, S2E04 – One Meat Loaf Cheesesteak, Please (ft. Mike Trapp)
We’re back! We’ve got the lovely Mike Trapp (CollegeHumor) who explains losing two years of your teenage life to Korea and how it can shape your music listening. Join us as we listen to a song meant for the WB, a song meant for middle aged women, and a song meant for MEATLOAF AND HIS […]
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Hear Me Out, Episode 203 – Breakfast At Eddie V’s (ft. Charlie Todd)
Welcome back! Like a Mariah Carey ex, we knew you could never stay away for too long. You’ll understand that when you listen to the show. We’ve got the great Charlie Todd (Improv Everywhere, UCB) to talk a wimpy song, a clingy song, and song that will make you want to go HIGHER. We think […]
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Hear Me Out, Episode 202 – Fanta-C-minus (ft. Michael Delaney)
Greeting humans! Grab your pan flute and tabard, pile into a VW bus and join in our revels. Welcome to our special fantasy episode of Hear Me Out! We got three great observations (songs) for you and the wonderful Michael Delaney (The Other Guys, UCB, A prince of the universe) to help us down the […]
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Hear Me Out, Season Two! Puns, Runs and Mannequin Buns (feat. Laura Willcox)
We’re back! After a brief but eventful hiatus including trips abroad and marriage proposals (well, one of each), we are diving back into the bottom of the music barrel to find that we’re not even close to the end of these beautiful, ridiculous dregs. This week we are joined by the incredible…
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Hear Me Out, Episode 28 – Baby, You a Thong (feat. Brian Glidewell)
In perhaps our most aggressively dumb episode yet, we discuss songs in love with underwear, cars, songs, dumps, trucks, you know, a lot of things! This week we’re joined by Chart Throb columnist and UCB comedian Brian Glidewell to discuss whether or not our musical pleasures should be considered...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 27 – My! My! Teenage Lies! (feat. Cathryn Mudon)
In episode 27 we discuss some of music’s greatest legends – The Beatles. Elvis. Beethoven. Gershwin. Not because we brought those songs in, no no. But one of our songs references all those people! And we DO have rock luminaries Wheatus, Enya, and Fleetwood Mac’s keyboardist. This week we are…
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Hear Me Out, Episode 26 – Pørdküst (feat. Emily Altman)
It’s a Swedish Invasion on today’s episode! We’ve got the fantastic Emily Altman (Inside Amy Schumer) to help us “get thai-ed” as we navigate three songs that definitely bring International Flava. Also, NICKELBACK makes its debut on the show. NICKELBACK. Alden’s Pick: Listen to Your Heart-Roxette...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 25-What’s Up In This Cream Factory? (feat. Jim Santangeli)
Back to our regular format! Back to bad songs! We’ve got Jim Santangeli (UCB) with us this episode and we go together like rice and peas, like cheese and buns. We talk about songs with balls, dear memories with family members, the 90s, and weird cream factories. So, just another episode, really....
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Hear Me Out, Episode 24: A Class Above Itself
Hey gang, its a specialsode! Intrepid field reporter Winston investigates a concert that represents the ethos of this podcast: Guster, Ben Folds Five (actually still legit) and Barenaked Ladies LIVE. You’ll hear from past guests of the show who are in attendance, make some new friends and also...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 23: Mmm mmm mmm mmmiley Cyrus (feat. Lauren Adams)
Hello! Summer rolls on, and the bad songs do too! We’ve got the stupendous Lauren Adams (UCB, commercials galore, Letterman) with us this week. We go into the room marked “Keep Out”, decide that “Kashmir” is a good song, and generally do what we want to. It’s we who run the podcast. Winston’s…
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Hear Me Out, Episode 22- Intergalatic Splash (feat. Josh Patten)
Our very first guest, Josh Patten (SNL), returns to the show! Welcome to our new wine focused podcast, Cellar Temperature! Just kidding we’re still just talking about bad songs. We have one song that made even the person it was written for fall asleep, a song written by a marketing department and...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 21- That Freaky Deaky Thunderdome (feat. Chelsea Clarke)
Welcome back after the Fourth! We hope you re-discovered your patriotism and love of Lee Greenwood’s “Proud to Be An American”. Pull on your jnco jeans or elastic band black chinos, your spiffy polo shirt or your pot leaf necklace and prepare for a wild ride. We’re joined by the amazing Chelsea...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 20 – 20TH WEEKIVERSARY HANSON SPECIALSODE (feat. Nate Dern, Miranda Erokan and Emily Kunkel)
Mmmmhello! We’re changing things up a bit for this episode and focusing on one band: HANSON. Alden is fresh from a two day Hanson concert and has brought fellow attendees Nate Dern (UCB theater), Miranda Erokan, and Emily Kunkel to rehash the event and share some squeaky clean tunes. Alden’s...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 19- Alone Time (feat. Michael Kayne)
Podcast licky boom boom down! We’re back with the amazing Michael Kayne (UCB’s What I Did For Love) and we’re talking about self-love, Charlotte hornet starter jackets and confusing Do Not Disturb and Dungeons and Dragons. It’s pretty cool, but not as cool as Jaheem Jones. Winston’s pick: The...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 18-Meet The Rippingtons (feat. Megan Neuringer)
This one goes out to all the ladies. Light a candle, pour a decanter of Train Wine, and sit back and enjoy as Megan Neuringer (Best Week Ever) joins us. We get goosebumps listening to Bryan Adams and Sting, then get the heebie jeebies from Alden’s pick, then get goosebumps again thanks to Ms.…
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Hear Me Out, Episode 17 – Dream a Glitter Dream (feat. Brian Faas)
Welcome and step into our Dreamworld, listeners! Trip the light fantastic with us as we explore dreamscapes with actual music professional Brian Faas (UCB’s The Law Firm, The Fuse Network). We encounter water-skiing cowboys, half-hobbit, half-Truman Capote androids, and an “exhausted” Mariah…
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Hear Me Out, Episode 16 – Not Now, Michael (feat. Ashley Ward)
We’re back! And this time, with FEELINGS! We plumb the depths in this episode. Fortunately, we have the fantastic Ashley Ward (Big Black Car, Baby Wants Candy) by our side to explore pledging Kappa Sig, scary subway rants, and the horrible monster known as the Frankensong. Plus, you’ll find out...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 15 – Desert Island Disc Golf (feat. Ryan Karels)
Fill up your Nalgenes and slip on your Tevas, because Episode 15 is here, lounging in the amphitheater with cargo pockets full of reefer and a Jansport packed with frolf putters. This week we chat with the hilarious Ryan Karels about Hollywood bands, anti-feminists, and riding an underground…
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Hear Me Out, Episode 14 – Jets, Chicks, Coke, Peabo Bryson (feat. Lydia Hensler)
Get ready for the manliest, most adrenaline-feuled, coked out episode of Hear Me Out yet. No, wait, come back! This week we sit down with the wonderful Lydia Hensler to discuss 80s dude flicks, casual misogyny, the Irish’s way with words, and noted R&B crooner Peabo Bryson. Winston picks his...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 13- CAN YOU FILM IT? (feat. John Flynn)
The episode is almost here! Can you feel it? Here it comes…can you feel it? CAN YOU FEEL IT? Guys, this is the weirdest and most DRAMATIC show we’ve had. Rules are broken, triumphs happen, and a woman holds onto a tree while the wind is blowing. DRAMATIC. We have the wonderful John Flynn (Oh […]
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Hear Me Out, Episode 12 – Blowfish, Singular (feat. Mike Scollins)
This week’s episode is like red, but not quite. Lively debate abounds as we talk with the creator of Phil Phriday himself, UCB writer/performer Mike Scollins. We discuss band gimmicks, thin metaphors and angry letters addressed to the Lyte Funky Ones. Alden tries to disparage his own song and...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 11- Ten and Two (ft Morgan Jarrett)
Hey gang, we’re back with another episode! This one “feels like butter”. You might want to listen to this one on your four wheeler, white horse, or faith/gasoline powered car. We’ve got the terrific Morgan Jarrett (UCB) on the show as we listen to “party” music, New Found Glory covers, and songs...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 10- Fantasy, Reality, Fogelburg (ft Caitlin Bitzegaio)
Spring has sprung, and it’s time to get SAD. We have the wonderful Caitlin Bitzegaio (Stuff You Should Know, UCB) with us to help us plumb the depths of some sad, dark songs. At least they’re sad by our standards. We cover the reciting the monologues of the Marquis de Sade, discuss how choruses…
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Hear Me Out, Episode 9 – GET IT?! (ft. Justin Tyler)
A new episode is up! Welcome to our shame shower. We discuss the symptoms of “Night Fever” (hint: it’s the same symptoms as cocaine use), get angry about historical inaccuracies regarding Superman’s cape, and give a shoutout to everyone’s favorite band, Pushmonkey. We clutch at the air, mope...
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Hear Me Out Episode 8 – Kissed By a Mermaid on Both Hands (ft. Dru Johnston)
Hey gang! A new episode is up. Dru Johnston returns! We keep saying this episode is “juicy” and by gum, it is juicy. Our collective history in college a cappella groups is juicy, Seal’s love of the renaissance is juicy, COLLEGE FEELINGS are juicy, Greek myths and Eagle Eye Cherry are juicy.…
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Hear Me Out Episode 7 – We Got This (feat. Silvija Ozols)
Keep your finger over the “breakdown” button, a new episode is up! In maybe our most spiritual episode yet, we have the delightful Silvija Ozols (UCB’s Stepfathers, Stone Cold Fox) helping us deal with bad songs about gender, the homeless and spiritual awakenings. Wait, what? The Mumford family,...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 6 – Dahh Dahh Dahh Dah CHICKEN (feat. Brandon Scott Jones)
Run to your Volvo or your friend’s bathroom during a dinner party, Episode 6 is here! We’ve got the fantastic Brandon Scott Jones (UCB, Very Mary Kate) with us this week. It’s an episode full of fantasy and whimsy: magical boy bands, the hit film K-Pax, Godzilla smashing pumpkins, and that good…
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Hear Me Out, Episode 5 – Enrique, Lenny and Meat (feat. Halle Kiefer)
Episode 5 has arrived! And terrible first names are just the beginning. This week we hang out with the hilarious and lovely stand-up, storyteller, blogger and performer Halle Kiefer for a frank discussion about elevator pop, drug-addled performance art, and which rockstars claim to know what…
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Hear Me Out, Episode 4 – Billy Shakespeare and Other Geniuses (feat. Will Hines)
Episode Four of the show is here. There was a good man named Paul Revere. This week we sit down with the brilliant UCB performer/teacher Will Hines (Stepfathers, Very Mary Kate) to talk about what happens when stupidity runs amok, genius goes unchecked, and girls stop by for the summer. For the...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 3 – ADDICTION (feat. Dru Johnston)
Episode Three is up, and it’s got all that sunshine that was stolen from you in 1999. This week we have the hilarious writer (The Chris Gethard Show) and UCB Performer Dru Johnston, who gives us a taste of his trademark love for 80s and 90s jams, his morning Phil Collins routine and his high […]
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Hear Me Out, Episode 2 – Knee Deep in the Hoopla (feat. D’Arcy Carden)
Episode Two has arrived! Drink it in! This episode we’re joined by the amazing D’Arcy Carden (UCB Theater), a music connoisseur with a soft spot for the crummy. You want sell outs? We got ’em. And Lance Bass to boot. Winston’s Pick: Starship – We Built This City Alden’s Pick: Reel Big Fish – Sell...
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Hear Me Out, Episode 1 – What’s Wrong With Me (feat. Josh Patten)
Our inaugural episode drops today! Let it caress your cochlea! This episode we explore our dreams, lost loves and tantric sex with the incredible Josh Patten — UCB performer, writer for Saturday Night Live, and unapologetic sucker for Cheb Mami’s ululations. Alden’s Pick: Heart – These Dreams...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is Hear Me Out, the podcast where Winston Noel and Alden Ford, along with a special guest each episode, explore the songs we love, no matter what literally everyone else says.We are not music officials. We are not music critics or music snobs. We are unqualified on every level to provide any cogent analysis of why a song is good or bad. All we know is, there are songs we just can’t stop loving, even though the world passed its harsh judgment on them long ago. So every episode we sit down with one choice for each of us, along with our guest, and discuss the sublime highs and humiliating lows of these gentle pariahs of pop music. Join us, won’t you? And we know what you might be thinking about some of our choices. But just hear us out. We might win you over.Or not. Some of these songs are genuinely terrible.New episodes every Wednesday!
HOSTED BY
Winston Noel and Alden Ford
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This is Hear Me Out, the podcast where Winston Noel and Alden Ford, along with a special guest each episode, explore the songs we love, no matter what literally everyone else says.We are not music officials. We are not music critics or music snobs. We are unqualified on every level to provide any...
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